Top Five: June 16, 2016 with Iva Kinnaird

1. Matthew Ronay Blaffer Art Museum (Houston) June 3 – October 1 See party pics from the opening here

“Although New York-based artist Matthew Ronay has a form of color blindness, his handcrafted wood sculptures, installations and reliefs combine vivid hues from across the spectrum that seem to vibrate and hum. This is the first major U.S. presentation of his work.”

An exhibition chronicling the history of Coney Island. The show features paintings, drawings, photographs, prints, documentary and popular film clips, posters, side show banners, architectural artifacts, memorabilia, and carousel animals.

Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, is an annual holiday, celebrated on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery. For a full list of events in Galveston, Houston, San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, Waco, and El Paso, go here.

A festival featuring music, art making, storytelling, and more. The theme of the festival, France, is inspired by the Kimbell’s current exhibition The Brothers Le Nain: Painters of Seventeenth-Century France. For more info, go here.